Ahmedpurਅਹਿਮਦਪੁਰ

Where is Ahmedpur?

Ahmedpur is a village in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Kapurthala, about 13 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Kapurthala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029259, and it covers 247 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 714 people in Ahmedpur: 360 men and 354 women, living in 151 households, an average of about 4.7 people per household. Spread over its 247 hectares, the population density works out to about 289 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 983 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 48, about 7 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 88 people, about 12 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 92.49 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 93.07 per cent and women at 91.92 per cent. The census recorded 243 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 203 main workers, the largest group, 153, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 44 cultivators on their own land and 4 agricultural labourers. A further 40 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ahmedpur's land. Of the village's 247 hectares, 225 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (225 hectares). About 21 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 44 cultivators and 9 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, one government middle school and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a community health centre and a dispensary. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Ahmedpur is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Kapurthala, about 13 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Kapurthala, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kotli, Nangal Naraingarh, Alaudi and Bhait.

What is the population of Ahmedpur?

The population of Ahmedpur was 714 at the 2011 census, living in 151 households in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Ahmedpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Ahmedpur has government schools from primary to secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.